^ yeh i totally agree.
the longer you leave it, the further away (and harder) your data will be to recover. if i were you i wouldnt use that computer until you order this new hard drive, install it, then turn your computer on, backup all your data, and then get rid of that hard drive.
or if u have an external or something to back it up with, i'd do that
data recovery can be expensive btw, depending on how hard it is to get the data back.
theres some good programs for data recovery. i used i think it was easyrecovery professional. just google that.
we copied all these videos from our hdd camera to the computer, then the next day went to burn them to dvds, and they were GONE. the entire folder just disappeared off the desktop. this program got it all back